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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:51:14 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:51:14 -0500Know How: Cabin Fever Creations<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cabin_fever_creations_f-150x150.jpg">
Have antlers that you'd like to get more out of? Field Editor Frank Miniter has a few recommendations. (02/23/2015)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=32956&cat=14&sub=26
american_hunter_id_32956Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:54:36 -0500Know How: Twilight of the Dogs<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/twilight_of_the_dogs_f-150x150.jpg">
No one thinks this is sane. Nevertheless, a few find it addictive. After deer season is long over and icicles are hanging over the front door and winter is deep and cold it is time to go predator hunting in the blackest hours. Field Editor Frank Miniter explains. (01/14/2015)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=32611&cat=4&sub=9
american_hunter_id_32611Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:25:35 -0500Here Come the Drones<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/here_come_the_drones_f-150x150.jpg">
Society’s favorite testing ground for good, bad and simply annoying ideas—yes, YouTube—showed how drones can affect the future of hunting way back in 2011. Field Editor Frank Miniter takes a closer look at the unmanned aircraft systems and the impact they could have on the hunting world. (01/08/2015)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=32566&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_32566Thu, 08 Jan 2015 08:31:02 -0500Ducks in Crowded Places<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ducks_in_crowded_places_f-150x150.jpg">
Duck hunting in crowded places is as much about out-maneuvering people as it is about ducks. Let Field Editor Frank Miniter explain. (12/09/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=32368&cat=4&sub=8
american_hunter_id_32368Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:50:14 -0500Know How: Get in a Buck Funnel Now<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/deer_funnel_kw_f-150x150.jpg">
The trouble with magazine articles on stand placement is it’s easy for us writers to make it seem so cartoon-simple. The truth is stand placement is more often as complex as a Dostoyevsky novel. Frank Miniter explains. (11/12/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=32198&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_32198Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:18:23 -0500The Pre-Rut Gamble<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pre_rut_gamble_f-150x150.jpg">
Are you good enough? That's the question to consider when hunting a mature buck while the canopy is still up and bright and the rut’s madness is still weeks away. (09/22/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=31776&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_31776Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:02:03 -0400Where Doves Fly<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/where_doves_fly_f-150x150.jpg">
Field Editor Frank Miniter offers five tips that should help you get a leg up on your competition in the dove field this fall. (09/08/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=31645&cat=4&sub=8
american_hunter_id_31645Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:27:11 -0400The Facts About Public-Land Elk<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/facts_about_public_land_elk_f-150x150.jpg">
Sure, whitetails hide like rabbits when hunting pressure gets heavy, but they say when you bump elk they’ll walk right over the mountaintop. The thing is new studies show that to be true, but not necessarily. (08/12/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=31447&cat=4&sub=6
american_hunter_id_31447Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:04:57 -0400Scouting Tools You Really Shouldn’t Have<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hunter_scouting_tools_f-150x150.jpg">
Some of these scouting tools are prompting even Field Editor Frank Miniter to snoop on the neighbors. (07/16/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=31237&cat=14&sub=26
american_hunter_id_31237Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:33:05 -04005 Public-Land Elk Hunting Tips<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tips_public_land_elk_f-150x150.jpg">
Looking to tag out on public land? Here are five tips from one of the savviest Western hunters that Frank Miniter has worked with. (07/14/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=31213&cat=4&sub=6
american_hunter_id_31213Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:09:48 -04005 Mature Buck Myths Dashed<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/iStock_000012673253Small-150x150.jpg">
According to deer biologists, there are many misconceptions associated with mature buck behavior. We talked to a wildlife biologist with the QDMA to help bust five of these commonly-held myths. (05/20/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=30904&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_30904Tue, 20 May 2014 19:16:09 -0400An Everyman's Option for Big Whitetail Deer<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/iStock_000026907810Small-150x150.jpg">
Using the information gleaned from prominent deer researchers and experts can help you find your own big-buck hangout to help you land the whitetail of your dreams. (04/29/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=30609&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_30609Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:53:51 -0400How to Predict and Hunt Gobbling Peaks<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iStock_000034199660Small-150x150.jpg">
To help you tag a turkey this season, Field Editor Frank Miniter shares some helpful tips on how to predict and hunt gobbling peaks. (03/24/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=30058&cat=4&sub=7
american_hunter_id_30058Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:31:14 -0400A Ride-Along with Stewards of Africa's Wild<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ben-with-ph-students1-150x150.jpg">
Africa keeps its wildlife wild and free only by adhering to a strict conservation philosophy that includes all stakeholders—government entities, ranchers, hunting outfits, professional hunters and human inhabitants in the bush—putting skin in the game. (03/10/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=29799&cat=4&sub=10
american_hunter_id_29799Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:40:20 -0400A Playbook for Public-Land Toms<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/iStock_000009179121Small-150x150.jpg">
Ernest Hemingway advised, if you want to write, begin with “one true sentence” and follow it with another. So here’s the truest way to kill a public-land tom. (02/21/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=29575&cat=4&sub=7
american_hunter_id_29575Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:21:42 -0500Trapping in the Land Between<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/9t-d14-081-150x150.jpg">
Gene Garrett's passion is suburban trapping, and as it's becoming a more popular and lucrative pastime he shares his knowledge with the next generation. (01/28/2014)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=29241&cat=4&sub=9
american_hunter_id_29241Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:34:05 -0500Tricking the Trickster<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/iStock_000001226586Small-150x150.jpg">
Coyotes can be found from Central America to Alaska and across the Lower 48. Frank Miniter shares some important tips for hunting these wily predators, and it starts with a little respect. (12/26/2013)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=28946&cat=4&sub=9
american_hunter_id_28946Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:42:01 -0500Get in Tune with Waterfowl<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/iStock_000012923039Small-150x150.jpg">
Use these helpful hunting tips from Avery Outdoors pro-staffer Wayne Radcliffe to get in tune with the waterfowl in your neck of the woods. (11/19/2013)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=28679&cat=4&sub=8
american_hunter_id_28679Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:37:53 -0500Deer Hunting: When to Get Aggressive<img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000008791254Small-150x150.jpg">
When the rut is in full swing and the bucks are moving that doesn't mean it's time to sit in your stand and passively wait. Use these tips to help you get aggressive with bucks this season. (10/29/2013)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=28537&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_28537Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:50:29 -0400Thieves Want Your Taxidermy <img align="left" src="http://www.americanhunter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Wall_of_shame_image-150x150.jpg">
Not so very long ago Jeff Foxworthy might have joked, “If you’re more worried about your deer heads being stolen than your credit cards … you might be a redneck.” But over the last decade a couple of high-profile thefts of big deer have given the worry some validity. (10/21/2013)http://www.americanhunter.org/article.php?id=28301&cat=4&sub=5
american_hunter_id_28301Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:05:58 -0400